Higher education task force considers big changes, tuition hikes

When Gov. Rick Scott brushed aside intense lobbying from state universities
and vetoed a tuition increase earlier this year, he created a blue ribbon panel
to identify ways to make the state's higher education system more efficient.

Their answer? Proposals similar to those Scott vetoed, including tuition
increases and even higher fees for students with majors that will lead to
high-paying jobs.

Under one proposal, released this week by Scott's Blue Ribbon Task Force on
Higher Education, university funding would be determined by how well individual
schools meet accountability benchmarks, including a measurement of how many
graduating students find jobs.